Hair-waving means



E. 0. FREDEB ICSL HAIR WAVING MEAN-IS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 17, 192-0.

Patented Aug. 15, 1922.

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ERNEST O. FREDERIGS, NEW YORK, N. Y.

ma-wavme MEANS.

Specification of Letters Pa P t t A 157 1922 Application filed September 17, 192 0. Seria1 No. 410,B27.

This invention relates to amimproved device for waving hair, whereby a wave known to the trade as a permanent wave maybe imparted to newly grown hair adjacent the scalp without injuring the hair further from the scalp which may have already been subjected to the permanent waving process. The invention also contemplates a new and improved process of producing said hair Waving device. I

Hitherto it has been the practice to wind a lock of hair uponthe curler and then wind about the curled hair a strip of absorbent material which-has been impregnated with a fluid commonly used in the art of hair curling, whereupon the curled hair and absorbent material have been subjected to the action of heat. This method is objectionable for several reasons, among them the length of time required to wind the absorbent material on the curled hair, the fact that the absorbent material will not take up a sufficient quantity of the hair treating fluid to make its action effective, and the fact that the handling of the wet strips of material makes the process distasteful to the subject, as well as inconvenient to the operator.

Tubes made of pasteboard, or other material, having located therein hair treating substances, have also been used. Such tubes, however, are objectionable in that during transportation the hair treating substance is likely to be dislodged from the interior of the tube, and moreover, owing to variations in the size of the carriers of the hair treating substance within the tube. it is sometimes difficult to position these tubes about the curled hair. v

It has also been attempted to accomplish the result contemplated by the present invention by diminishing the length of the heaters employed to carry on the process. That is to say it has been attempted to devise a heater of such length as would exactly cover the hair which had already been sub ected to the aforesaid hair waving process. Such heaters have proven worthless to obtain the ob ect sought owing to the fact that the persons desiring to have their hair waved subject themselves to the process with newly grown hair of various lengths;

making it impossible for an operator to Wind the hair upon the curler so as to conform to the length .of a uniformly sized heating device.

e major part of the aforesaid objections is cured in the process and means disclosed in my Patent #1313232 patented August 12, 1919, inasmuch as in the use of the device disclosed in said Letters Patent hair which has once been waved will not be 1nj ured. Nevertheless in certain types of hair it is desirable that the same be only once sub ected to the aforesaid hair waving process.

The prime object of the present invention therefore .is to eliminate all the objections above enumerated by providing a new and improved carrier for the hair treating substance, whereby only such portions of the hair as desired may be subjected to the treatment, and whereby the remainder, whether artificially waved or not, will remain unaffected by the treatment.

Other objects and aims of the invention, more or'less specific than those referred to above, will be in part obvious and in part pointed out in the course of the following description of the elements. combinations,

arrangements of parts and applications of -pr1nc1ples, constituting the invention; and

the scope of protection contemplated will be indicated in the appended claims. In the accompanying drawings which are to be taken as part of this specification and in which I have shown merely a preferred form of embodiment of my invention:

Fig. 1 is a view in cross section showing my improved device and the method of using the same in carrying on'the permanent wavlng process,

Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic View showing one of the steps employed in preparing the carrier for the hair treating substance.

Fig. 3is a similar view showing a f'urtl i ste in carrying on the -process.

ig. 4 is a plan View of the hair devicev portions of which are'broken away better to illustrate the constructionthereof.

Fig. 5 is a view 111 perspective showing:

the device wrapped around the tress of hair around the curler before the protecting tube and heater have been positioned thereon.

Referring now to the drawings wherein similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the various views thereof the reference, numeral 1 denotes a strip of thin flexible porous material preferably unsized paper, and 2 denotes a form or plate having a substantially rectangular opening 3. This plate which is preferably formed of metal is of the thickness which it is desired to make the hair treating device presently to be described. In forming the device the flat plate is deposited upon the stri 1 so as to completely cover one end thereo and in one end of said'plate is placed a block of flexible porous material such as blotting paper or felt having a thickness equal to that of the plate so that its upper surface will lie flush with the upper wall of the plate. This block which is shown at 4 extends substantially half way of the length of the aperture 3 of the plate 2, although its length may be varied at will to meet varying requirements. The reference numeral 5 denotes a body of hair treating substance. This hair treating substance is preferably formed of paste and one substance which has been found to be most useful in carrying on the process is a paste formed of powdered borax and water, although it is understood that other ingredients may be used in the place of borax, or

certain percentages thereof incorporated as.

a part of the borax paste. This paste is deposited into the part of the aperture 3 of the plate 2 not occupied by the block 4, and a scraper is passed over the upper surface of the plate 2 to remove any part of the paste which extends above said surface, it

being intended to completely fill that part of the aperture 3 of the plate 2 not occupied by said block 4. When this operation has been completed the plate is removed leaving the block of paste and the block 4 upon the strip of paper 1. This strip is then folded over upon the block 4 of the absorbent material and the block 5 of paste,-and the same is then incasedin a strip of flexible, refersably woven material such as cheesec oth or shifting its position within the envelope,

when it is'dried, and the lines of stitching indicated at 10 preventing the powder, when dried, from falling into that part of the envelope occupied by the block 4. If desired aeaaeae a further line or lines of stitching indicated at 11 may be formed to stitch the powder covering, the paper lining and block 4 firmly to ether.

, when the carrier has been formed in the manner above described the hair treating substance is allowed to dry, so that there is provided a relatively solid cake within the envelope formed of the porous paper and cloth. It will be understood of course that the forming of the powdered material into paste is merely for convenience in carrying out the process, and that in the space occupied by the block 5 of paste there may be substituted the material in dry powdered form, although I have found the present method a most satisfactory one in forming the carrier.

' Tn employing my invention a number of carriers for the hair treating substance are immersed for an instant in a receptacle containing water, and are then laid in a pile on a slab or table ready for use. When the operator has positioned a lock or tress of hair about a metal curler, one of these carriers is then Wrapped about said lock or tress in such a way that the part occupied by the hair treatin substance lies adjacent the scalp, and the part occupied by the block of absorbent material 4 lies furthest away from the hair adjacent the scalp. A tube made of pasteboard or other suitable material 12 is then placed around. the carrier as shown in Fig. 1 and an electric heater 13 is then positioned about the tube 12.

The tube 12 is preferably tied or ligatured as close to the scalp as convenient, so as to prevent the exit of heated air or steam generated within the tube 12 by the heat of the electric iron 13. 4 When a circuit has been closed through the heater the heat generated by the latter acting through the tube 12 of course will heat both that part of the carrier occupied by the hair treating substance 5,

and the part occupied by the block of absorbent material 4. The hair treating material 5 will then act upon the hair in conjunction with the steam generated by the heat sov that the hair covered thereby will be formed or molded in the \vavedesired to be produced. It being understood of course that the size of the wave to be produced is dependent upon the manner in which the hair is wound upon the curler. The block 4 which has been wrapped around that part of the hair which has already been waved or which it is not intended to wave will act as a protecting medium whereby that portion of the hair will notbe afi'ected by the process.

It will be understood of course. that in some cases the block 4 will not be immersed in water, but will be left in a dry condition so that no steam willl be produced during'the waving operation. It will be further unlid ltd

located therein a non-heat derstood that in some cases block 4 will be composed of a heat resisting impervious material such for instance as asbestos, so. that the heat generated by the electric iron will not be conducted or communicated to the hair about which the device is, wound. It will also be understood that other materials may be employed in forming the envelop or carrier without'departing from the spirit or scope of the invention, the prime object of which is to provide a device, one portion of which carries the hair treating substance and permits the steam generated to contact with the hair, and the other portion of which acts to protect that ortion of the hair which has been previous y waved against both steam and heat. It will be also understood that the relative sizes of the parts of the envelope occupied by the hair treating substance 5 and the block 4 may be varied, to the end that just part of the hair to be waved may be treated with a uniformly sized electric heater thereby affecting a great saving and expense of carrying on the operation.

It will be further seen that the device produced may be shipped in flat condition. The moistening of the device reduces the powdered material into the form of paste so that it is readily wrapped about the hair.

It will be still further understood that other variations of the process and in the construction of the drawings and falling within the scope of the claims may be made without departing from the scope or spirit of the present invention.

Having thus described my invention What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A device'of the class described, comprising an envelope formed of textile material, one ortion of said envelope having therein a air treating substance, and another portion ofsaid envelope having therein a heat resisting material.

2. A device of the class described, comprising an envelope formedof textile material, one end of said envelope containing a hair treating substance, and the other end of said envelope being provided with a sheet of heat resistingmaterial.

a A device of the class described, comprising a flat envelope formed of textile material having located thereina heat treating substance in powdered form, and having also conducting materlal. A

4. A device of the class described, comprising a casing formed of absorbent material, one part of which has located therein a halr treating material, and another part prisinga flat envelope formed of absorbent material having located therein a hair treating material, and a sheet of non-heat conducting material, a covering of textile material vpositioned about said envelope, and means serving the double purpose of securaing said covering to said envelope, and securing said hair treating material and nonheat conducting material from shifting about in said envelope. 6. A device of the class described, comprising'an envelope formedof textilematerial having located'therein in oneend thereof a hair treatin substance, and in the other thereof a noneat conducting substance, and a plurality of lines of stitches provided in said envelope which pass through. the hair substance and hold it against shifting in said envelope, said stitches also operating to maintain said non-heat conducting substance in position within said envelope. 7. A device of theclass described, comprising a flat envelope of textile material, said "envelope being provided transversely into two compartments, a hair treating substance in one of said compartments, and

material having non-heat conducting qualities located in the other compartment of said envelo e.

8; A device of the class described, comprising a flat envelope formed of textile ma- 1 terial, such as cloth, a lining of absorbent material, such as paper, within said envelope, said textile material and said lining enclosing in different arts thereof-a hair treating substance, and non-heat conducting qualities.

9. A device of the class described, comprising a casing, one portion of said casing having a hair treating substance therein and being penetrable by steam and another por-' passage of steam and being also non-heatconducting.

In testimonywhereof I aflix 'my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

. ERNEST O. FREDE RI'C'S.

Witnesses LE0 M. EISENBERG, ALBERT HAMEYQ a substance having 

